Boats are lined up along the public boat ramp Friday morning in Port Barre prior to the start of the Tour du Teche kayak, canoe and pirogue races. Photo by Freddie Herpin

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The winners of the Tour du Teche won't be announced until later today but three sure winners were the towns of Port Barre, Leonville and Arnaudville.

The three St. Landry Parish towns along Bayou Teche all benefited from the influx of visitors and race participants for the three-day event.

Celeste Gomez with the parish tourism office said, as St. Landry Parish was the starting point for the race that eventually passed through four parishes on its way to its end point in Berwick, there was a great local economic benefit as well. ...